dbs-decision skill: keep a long-term decision journal as local files that your agent updates

Builds a local Markdown decision journal for a long-running area of your life or work, and keeps it up to date with your agent.

Installs: 23.6K; on skills.sh
Stars: 11K; on GitHub
Files: 1; besides SKILL.md
Updated: Oct 2026; last repo commit

dbs-decision is one skill from dontbesilent's dbskill toolbox. For a business, relationship, health, career, study or investment topic you want to track over time, it creates a four-layer folder: facts, patterns, snapshots and open questions. Later sessions read a status file first, so the agent picks up where you stopped. It does not make the decision for you.

It works in five modes: set up the project, update your current status, open a decision record for a major fork, fill in the result later, and write a dated snapshot. By default files go to ~/.dbs/decisions/{project name}/. SKILL.md is in Chinese.

Good for

Founders and freelancers tracking big business choices and their outcomes
People who want a private running record of a long decision such as a career move
Anyone who reviews past decisions and wants the agent to remember the context

Install dbs-decision

Claude Code

Copy this prompt.

Install the dbs-decision skill in Claude Code. Run this command:

claude plugin marketplace add dontbesilent2025/dbskill
claude plugin install dbs-decision@dontbesilent-skills

Then check that it loaded and tell me how to use it.

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Paste it into Claude Code. It shows the change and asks before running it.

Pick one route, not both. The README installs the whole 34-skill set with npx -y skills add dontbesilent2025/dbskill -g --all, which targets every agent the skills CLI finds; the routes here install only dbs-decision. The README says plugin commands carry a prefix (for the full dbs plugin it is dbs:), so check the name Claude Code shows.

From the project README. Source.

What's in the skill

When it loads

把需要长期跟踪的业务、关系、健康、职业、学习或投资问题建成本地决策知识工程。用户要求决策立案、结果回填、状态画像或长期复盘时使用。

Sections in SKILL.md

一、四层结构
二、目录骨架
三、项目落盘位置
四、来源标签
五、五种工作模式
模式 A：初始化（/dbs-decision 在空目录或新域第一次触发）
模式 B：更新当前状态（默认模式）
模式 C：决策立案
模式 D：结果回填
模式 E：状态画像 / 阶段快照
六、概念什么时候能进 02_规律/
七、隐私模式（init 时问一句决定是否开）
八、给 AI 的硬性指引
九、我的当前状态.md 模板
当前阶段
当前最强矛盾

Key facts

Author: dontbesilent (README and the skill text)
Part of: dbskill, a 34-skill toolbox (README)
Installs on skills.sh: 23,605 (data from 2026-11-02)
GitHub stars: 11,039 for the whole dbskill repo (2026-11-02)
License: CC BY-NC 4.0 per README and LICENSE (non-commercial use only); the crawl lists no license identifier
Last repo commit: 2026-10-28
What is inside: 2 files: SKILL.md and agents/openai.yaml, no scripts
Language: SKILL.md is written in Chinese. Its language section says to reply in Chinese if you write Chinese and in English if you write English.

What it includes

Asks about privacy mode and location, then builds the folders
Asks whether the topic involves names, trade secrets or money, and if so turns on privacy mode with code names. Then it creates the four layers, a usage note, AGENTS.md, SOURCE_OF_TRUTH.md and a status file.
Try: “/dbs-decision 我想长期跟踪公司定价这个决策领域”
Write · Mode A: set up the project
Reads the status file, listens, sorts new info into layers
The default mode. It gives an overall judgement first, then two or three observations and next directions, and updates 我的当前状态.md.
Write · Mode B: update current status
Files a dated event for a major fork
Used for product structure, partnership, pricing or strategy reversals. It adds an index line and updates the status file.
Write · Mode C: open a decision record
Adds the outcome to the original record and updates facts
Appends a dated result note and updates facts, status and open questions. If a result overturns a pattern, it appends a correction instead of rewriting.
Write · Mode D: fill in the result
Writes a dated snapshot and never edits it later
Covers situation, main thread, stable judgements, open questions and the variables to watch next. A new snapshot is created when things change.
Write · Mode E: status snapshot
01 facts, 02 patterns, 03 snapshots, 04 open questions
Facts are append-only. Patterns get dated corrections. Snapshots are not rewritten. Open questions are cleared when answered.
Write · Four-layer structure
Marks what is AI guess, your view, result or correction
Entries carry tags such as AI guess, AI conclusion, result fill-in and correction, so later you can tell fact from judgement.
Write · Source labels
Code names for people, real names only in a mapping file
When on, note files use code names and the real-name mapping file is meant not to be shared or committed.
Write · Privacy mode

From the official docs

Permissions

Medium risk

The skill stores personal and business notes as plain Markdown on your disk, so they could end up in a repo or a synced folder. Keep the project folder private and check where it was created.

What it can do

Read your data
Create and change things
Delete things
Read-only mode

Watch out for

It keeps sensitive notes in plain files
Business, health, relationship and money details end up as readable Markdown. Keep the folder out of git and cloud sync, or use privacy mode with code names.
It writes to your home folder by default
The default location is ~/.dbs/decisions/{project name}/. Say 'put it in the current project' if you want it elsewhere.
Non-commercial licence
The repo's LICENSE file is CC BY-NC 4.0 and says "You may not use the material for commercial purposes." github.com

Technical details

Scopes	Creates and edits Markdown files in ~/.dbs/decisions/ or a 决策 folder in your project Stores personal and business notes you give it, which may include names, finances and health

Questions

What does dbs-decision do?

It creates and maintains a local folder of Markdown files for one long-running decision area. The files separate facts, patterns, dated snapshots and open questions.

How do I install it in Claude Code?

Use the install box at the top of this page. The dbskill README also installs all 34 skills at once with one skills CLI command, which targets every agent the CLI finds.

Where are my files saved?

By default in ~/.dbs/decisions/{project name}/. If you ask for the current project, they go in a 决策 folder under your working directory.

Will it make decisions for me?

No. SKILL.md says it does not decide for you and does not hand out a decision ledger. It records and organizes. If you keep asking what to do and rejecting each answer, it is told to stop giving options and note that you are already trading off.

Can it handle sensitive topics?

It can store health, relationship and money topics as plain Markdown on your disk. It offers a privacy mode with code names. Keep the folder out of git and cloud sync if you do not want it shared.

Can I use it commercially?

The repo's LICENSE file is CC BY-NC 4.0, and its NonCommercial term reads: "You may not use the material for commercial purposes." If you are unsure whether your use counts as commercial, ask the author.

Is it safe?

It writes and edits many files in a folder on your machine and keeps personal notes there. SKILL.md bundles no scripts. Keep the project folder private, and check which folder it chose before the first entry.

Information

updated Nov 2, 2026

Repository: dontbesilent2025/dbskill
Folder: skills/dbs-decision

dontbesilent2025/dbskill skills.sh

Sources

Docs, issue trackers and discussions this page is built from.

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dbskill README · github.com
skills CLI commands · github.com
dbs-decision SKILL.md · github.com
dbskill LICENSE (CC BY-NC 4.0) · github.com